Uganda, Feb. 16 -- Tuesday, January 16, was the second day of the three-day East Africa Trade & Investment Forum at Kampala Serena Hotel, a conference that was held on the sidelines of the 19th Summit Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) at the newly-opened Speke Resort Convention Centre in Munyonyo.

That Tuesday morning, as I was walking briskly up the hill along Nile Avenue, on my way to Serena, from Uganda Media Centre, on Clement Hill Road, as I was crossing Hannington Road, a boda boda rider came speeding out of nowhere, turning the corner at full speed.

Instead of looking straight ahead, he had his face turned to one side, so he didn't really see me crossing the road and avoided knocking me by a whisker! I have witnessed this kind of reckle...